Scuff plate and retaining means therefor for vehicle bodies



M. W. MCESTA Filed Aug. 1l. 1927" atten/w1? March 5, 1929.

SGUFF PLATE AND RETAINING MEAS THEREFOR FOK VEHICLE BODIES/ Cil 1,704,138 earner orifice.

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Vfine object of iny invention is to provide scrll plates and retainino' nieans there'lor for Vehicle sill nienibers and other parts which provides the covered ineinbcr with a sinooth urlace and conceals all securing or fastening means. L

lilith this and other objects in View, n'iy'invention consists in the arrangement, con'ibination and consti-i tion o'li various parts o l my improved devia: e as described in the speciocation, claimed in niy claims and shown in the :ufcoinpanying drawings, in Whichff lli l is a side ele'ifation for a vehicle body with parts broken away showing the application ot niy invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section ot a body pillar s lowing my invention applicdthereto.

lifzj. 3 a perspective ot' one of the retainer plates embodied in niy invention.

Fie'. 41- is a. view taken on the lines l--l oi' lun. 2 and having; certain parts broken away to show the position ol the retainer plates.

i' VEin'. 5 is a perspective ot a modified torni oi retainer plates.l

llelerring` to the drawing the .numeral 1() designates a vehicle body, l1 a body pillar.

which extends 'lroin the top oil the body downward ly, c es over the iorivard portion ot the wheel housing` 12 and is lioii'ied to the' sill 1?. lhe numeral 15 designates thecurved portion ol" the pillar 11 to Which niy invention is applied. p

,lt will be understood that the application olf my invention to the portion 15- o'li pillar 1l .is ter purposes ot illustration and that the in \.cution is intendedto be used on the door sills and such other sills or pillar inelnl'iers as have surfaces exposed to Wear.

lie'lerring to Fig'. 2, the numeral 1G indicates the sculi plate which is torined With a depending flange 127 alongrear edge which tits over the rear side oit the pillar 15 andis seeared thereto by nailsor screws 18. The :lront edgse ot plate 'lo is return bent to torni a spaced 'll-ange 19 extending,` parallel tothe Vunder surlace ol plate 1li, and spaced from the plate 16. lt will be noted that the upper surliace of pillar 15 .is oil-set as at 20 and 21, thus forming a series oil steps inthe upper surlace et the pillar. Secured to the oil-set 2O by nails or screws 22 are a plurality ot' rl-ilainer plates 23 which extend over the oil-set Q1. Secured to they ell-set 21 by nails or screws 24 is an edge of the Wheel housingv panel 'llliellange 19 is hooked around the extended edges the retainer plates 23 and rests between those plates and they edge ol the panel 25, thus coveringthe uppersurface oil? the pillar 15 with a smooth plate in which no :Fastening` means appeaix lt will also be observed that the position of the retainer plates 23 and the flange 19 and the secured edge of the panel provide a neat-joint and tends to reinforce the nails or screws 24@ which :tasten the panel 25 to 'the pillar 15.

ln 5 l have shown a inodilication fin which a single retainer plate QGeXtending over the length oit the pillar 15 is substituted for the i:)lnrality ol retainer plates Ordii'iarily l prefer to use a plurality of the re tainer plates 23 instead of the single retainer plateQo in ordertosaif'emetal and weight and because the sinall retainer plates are more Jasily,applied to the pillar.

lt will be obvious that various c "langes may be inade in the arrangement, combination and construction oit' the various partsy oit iny irnproved device without departing from the spirit of iny invention, and it is niy intention to cover by iny claims such changes as may be reasonably included Within the scope thereof.

" What I claim is 1. yln combination, aV traine member having` a plurality of o'llsetsin its upper surface,

a panel secured to the lower odset, a vplurality ot retainer plates secured to the iinteri'nediate oii'set and extending over the .lower offset, a seuil plate positioned. upon the upper surface and having` a depending flange secured to the yrear side ol said :trame nieinbeii', and its outer edge returnl'ient and embracing the extended edges of said retainer plates.

2. ln combination, a :traine member, a panel having its edge secured to the upper side of said :traine iiiieinber, retainer Lplates secured to the upper side oli said ,traine 1nein ber, retainer plates Secured upon the upper 10 side o' said frame member and extending above the means securing Said panel edge te said frame member, a, seuil7 plate coveringl the upper Side of said frame anember and having one edge embracing the extended edges of said retainer plaes and covering the means securing Said panel edge.

MARVILN YJ. MOESTA. 

